Archives for the "History" tag
Double Trouble for Deja.com
“For sale, Internet historical documents and legal trouble. Call Deja.com for details.” This is not exactly the way Deja.com presented themselves but ultimately, this may be what transpires from their recent attempt to put the Usenet archives on sale. Usenet History For those of you who have never heard of Usenet, here’s a quick definition from the Usenet [...]
Tags: Computing, Europe, France, History, United States
In Business, Politics, Technology
1994-2000: How Things Have Changed
The year was 1994. I had just moved to New York city the previous fall and was caught into the glory of Gotham. In the process, I had managed to start making friends in the online community there. This was the year Mosaic had been born and the first year of the modern net, as far [...]
Tags: AOL, History, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Software, XML, Yahoo, eBay
